Improved curtain-fixture



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

4 B'. E. cLoUD, 0E PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA..

IMPRVED CURTAIN-FIXTURE.4

I Specilication forming part ofvLe'tters Patent No. 89,9111", dated May l1, i869.

To all whom it may concern: l I hanger c, for the end of the roller having' the Bc it known that I, BENJAMIN F. ULoUD, of Philadelphia., im the county of Philadel` phia and Statcot' Pennsylvania, have invented i a new and useful improvement in Ourtain Fixturesgnud Ido hereby declare that the following `is a full, clear, and exact' descrip- Vtion thereof, which Will enable others skilled `in, the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the'accompanying` drawings, `forming part of this specitication.

`This invention relates to improvements in curtain-fixtures; and it consistsiin the com- 'binationof parts, as Willbe hereinafter more fully described; p v

Figure l` represents a front elevation of a Window curtain and fixture arranged according to my improvement,and FigsfZ to 5 rep- 4resentdetail views ofY the same. Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.v Y

The journals a of the roller b are suspended in hangers c,the bearing-holes of which arc enlarged above the bearing part sufficiently tofadinitthepassage ot' the auged ends ot' the journals, as shown at d. These hangers are `suspended by cords e, passing over rollers f, suspended upon journals projecting from` the casing, which said cords are united in one at'g, and secured upon studs hin a manner common for securing curtain-cords., To the et, c', having an eye through which the winding-cord passes for the purpo'seot steadying the suspended roller; andfor operating the as to windon the pulley j when the curtain nnwinds. The other end of the said cord l engage with a frictionwheel', k,'\vorking on a stud and projecting from the casing, a casing., t, being arranged around the said wheel for protection. I propose to employ india-rubber springs, spiral spr-ings,or other suitable means for producing the friction, as may be preferred.

Guide-brackets m lnay be provided under therollers f to prevent the cords from Working oli' the said pulleys..

Patent- Y rllhe combination of the anged journals a, hangers c, cords e fi, rollers f, pulley j, friction-wheel k, casing l, and the friction-spring, as herein described, for the purpose specified. The above specication .of my invention signed by me this 23d day of` February, 1869.

Y B. F. CLOUD.`

Witnesses: ,A l

G; E. LAEZELEEE,

i EDWD. H. CLOUD, WM. LARZELEEE.

usual Winding-pulley, I connect a 'guide-brack-V,

latter l arrange a single cord, t', thereon, so4

Having thus described my invention, I7 claini as new and desire to secure by Letters. 

